SEOUL (REUTERS) - North Korea introduced tougher prevention measures against the novel coronavirus on Tuesday (July 28), state media reported, after it locked down the border town of Kaesong to tackle what could be its first publicly confirmed case of the respiratory disease.. Read more at straitstimes.com.
SEOUL - North Korea introduced tougher prevention measures against the novel coronavirus on Tuesday , state media reported, after it locked down the border town of Kaesong to tackle what could be its first publicly confirmed case of the respiratory disease.
The measures come after North Korean leader Kim Jong Un declared an emergency on Sunday after a person suspected of being infected with the virus returned from South Korea. Primers and probes for machines capable of facilitating 1,000 tests have arrived in North Korea, WHO said. There are 15 laboratories designated to test Covid-19 in the country.
In the past months, it received test kits and protective gear from the WHO and countries including Russia, but some of these were held up at the border because of the country's own restrictions.
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